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Welcome to my blog! You’ll find extracts of writing including: book chapters, short stories and short plays. There are also upcoming reviews of productions and media. Finally, there are directing assessments of several projects that have involved my collaboration.



Get the Hell out of my House!
Get the Hell out of my House!

Scene from 2 Act-PlayFrank is dead. She cannot be seen, heard or felt by the living. She quickly becomes suitably frustrated as a couple moves into her home! Before she can shift these new arrivals, h…

What’s the worst that could happen?
What’s the worst that could happen?

3rd-6th August 2016 at Cockpit Theatre, Camden Fringe. 23rd-24th July 2016 Apollo Theatre, Isle of Wight. 21-23rd May 2015 at Clifftown Theatre, Southend. World’s Apart In 2015 BA (Hons) World Per…

Wingless
Wingless

Extract from a 15 minute play.The opening pun-filled scene of Wingless, where angelic Accountant Bert is invited into a meeting with his seemingly humane Employer Mrs Windle… WINDLE is typing on …

OUTCAST – Lockroy
OUTCAST – Lockroy

Chapter from Outcast – Book Two of The Perspective TrilogyAfter several years of exile, Julian Issumatar returns to the Great City called Lockroy based in the Antarctic Peninsula. The white salt cr…

GIFTED – Moment of Clarity
GIFTED – Moment of Clarity

Chapter from Gifted – Book One of The Perspective TrilogyDr William Hart relives the most vivid memory of his life. I breathed out heavily and the window steamed up in front of me. With my finger I…

Digging to Australia – Short Story
Digging to Australia – Short Story

A short story for children inspired by a pair of hilarious friends who definitely deserve something bizzare written about them! This charming tale revolves around two determined boys who really love d…

The Last of Us: One Night Live

How different forms of media are more alike than we realize… Almost an entire year ago on 29th July 2014, I wrote this blog after seeing something rather special online. I simply had to speak abo…

Devising Festival 2015

The Devising Festival is my most anticipated part of World Performance. For one week, we are given total freedom to create anything we wish. We can use actors from all the courses at Southend (provid…

When Writing becomes like Adoption
When Writing becomes like Adoption

The process behind giving an early script, Acquaintances, to a director and watching it grow from a distance… For the East 15 Devising Festival in 2014 I wrote a lovely little script about two mu…

Acting in Darkness
Acting in Darkness

Acting in Darkness An insight into the process behind Opaque. A 40 minute play set in-the-round in permanent blackout. Entire plays are often born from the simplest exploration. As actors, and…